St Cruz: Goa Police’s Anti Corruption Branch has booked former St Cruz Sarpanch Mariano Araujo along with three others for asking bribe from a builder.

The First Information Report against all three accused was filed by ACB on February 05, 2019 , months after the formal complaint was lodged against them.

ACB’s Police Inspector Francis Corte is investigating the case.

The FIR has named other panch members Lawrence Rodrigues, Ulhas Naik and Prasad Naik for asking bribe from a builder. The builder had provided audio recording as an evidence against all the three accused who are currently panch members of St Cruz Panchayat.